Though no experience at all I won't hesitate to join the group and follow the instructions from the expert! On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Marie-laure Lemineur <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Hello all, > > Same here. > > Best, > Mll > > Sent from my iPad > > On 18/07/2013, at 18:22, David Cake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > The Policy and Implementation working group has now had its charter > approved by the GNSO Council and will be starting its work soon. > It is looking as if this will be an important, and quite substantial, > working group. > I've already volunteered, and it would be great to have more NCSG > colleagues there with me. > Regards > David > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject: **[liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: GNSO Policy & Implementation > Working Group* > *Date: *18 July 2013 4:23:41 PM GMT+02:00 > *To: *liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > > ** ** > http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-18jul13-en.htm**** > ** ** > *Call for Volunteers: GNSO Policy & Implementation Working Group* > * * > *In brief* > The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks volunteers > to serve on a Working Team that has been tasked to address a number of > issues that have been raised in the context of the recent discussions on > policy & implementation that affect the GNSO.**** > > *What This Working Group Will Do* > The Working Group is tasked to provide the GNSO Council with a set of > recommendations on:**** > > 1. A set of principles that would underpin any GNSO policy and > implementation related discussions, taking into account existing GNSO > Operating Procedures.**** > 2. A process for developing gTLD policy, perhaps in the form of > “Policy Guidance”, including criteria for when it would be appropriate to > use such a process (for developing policy other than “Consensus Policy”) > instead of a GNSO Policy Development Process;**** > 3. A framework for implementation related discussions associated > with GNSO Policy Recommendations;**** > 4. Criteria to be used to determine when an action should be > addressed by a policy process and when it should be considered > implementation, and;**** > 5. Further guidance on how GNSO Implementation Review Teams, as > defined in the PDP Manual, are expected to function and operate.**** > > For further details on the charter, please see > http://gnso.icann.org/en/drafts/policy-implementation-charter-04jul13-en.pdf > .**** > > *How This Working Group Will Work* > ICANN Working Groups use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this > WG will be recorded, and the recordings will be available to the public. > The mailing list for the Working Group will be archived publicly. Working > Group members are expected to submit Statements of Interest (SOI). The > group will collaborate using a public workspace. The Working Group is > expected to follow the GNSO Working Group Guidelines.<http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf> > **** > > *How to Join***** > The GNSO Council invites all interested parties to put forward their names > so they can be added to the WG mailing list. The WG will be open to anyone > interested to join. Community members who wish to be invited to join the > group should contact the GNSO secretariat<[log in to unmask]> > ([log in to unmask]).**** > > *Background* > Mainly as a result of discussions stemming from implementation related > issues of the new gTLD program, there is increased focus on which topics > call for policy and which call for implementation work, including which > processes should be used, at what time and how diverging opinions should be > acted upon. In order to facilitate these discussions, ICANN Staff developed > a draft framework for community discussion that identifies a number of > steps and criteria that might facilitate dealing with similar questions in > the future. The paper identifies a number of questions that the community > may want to consider further in this context, as well as a couple of > suggested improvements that could be considered in the short term. While > developing a bright-line rule as to what is policy or implementation may > not be possible, the hope is that by developing clear processes and > identifying clear roles and responsibilities for the different > stakeholders, it will become easier to deal with these issues going forward > and allow for broad participation and involvement. Following several > discussions by the GNSO Council on this topic, the GNSO Council has now > formed a Working Group which has been tasked to provide concrete > recommendations on how to address some of these issues from a GNSO > perspective.**** > > > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > *[log in to unmask]* > *http://gnso.icann.org***** > > > -- *Cell-Phone +254 722 212171 or +254 721 274273* Before printing this mail make sure it is completely necessary. THE ENVIRONMENT IS EVERY ONE'S BUSINESS.